OBSERVER COASTAL | N$43 000 shortfall threatens Walvis Bay children’s home

Renthia Kaimbi

Twenty of Namibia’s most vulnerable children are being raised, educated and healed at Jonah Home in Walvis Bay, yet financial unsustainability and the increasing inability to meet the children’s demands have placed orderly routines and the caregivers’ quiet dedication under strain.

The home currently faces a monthly funding shortfall exceeding N$43,000, a deficit that threatens its ability to provide even the most basic necessities.

The registered children’s home has been operating under the National Welfare Act since 2011 and fields calls almost daily from state social workers seeking placement for children who have nowhere else to go.